Machine for working on compound rails.



J. NOLL.

MACHINE FOR WORKING ON COMPOUND RAILS.

APPLIOATION FILED Mn 20, 1912.

1,080,651 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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J. NOLL MACHINE FOR WORKING ON COMPOUND RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1912.

1,080,651 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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JOI-IN NOLL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CONTINUOUS RAIL COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

MACHINE FOR WORKING ON COMPOUND RAILS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Now, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful THIPI'OVUHlOlltS in Machines for \Vorking on Compound Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to machines for working on compound rails that comprise top and base sections held together by lips on one of the sections, which lips are bent into firm engagen'ient with the other section.

One object of the invention relates to a machine con'iprising a movable support or resisting member a pressing roller arranged to force the top section of a compound rail against the base section when the latter is on the movable resisting member and opposing rotary tools arranged to engage the holding lips, which tools are located at the side portions of the rail, as it passes the pressing roller.

Another object of the invention is directed to the supporting of a base section of a compoundrail on a movable resisting member, pressing the top section of the rail against the base section by a roller arranged above the movable resisting member as the rail moves under said roller and simultaneously therewith bending the holding lips on one of the sections into cngagenient with the companion section by means of compression rollers located at the sides of the rail, which rollers engage said lips.

A further object of the invention consists in constructing a machine with a horizontal reciprocating bed for supporting one section of a compound rail, with a horizontal roller above the bed to press another section of the rail against the section supported on the bed as the rail is moved along with the bed and with opposing rollers to engage the holding lips at the sides of the rail. The pressing roller and the opposing rollers are preferably supported in a carriage which may freely slide in a direction transverse to that in which the table reciprocates.

As showing a specific embodiment of the invention reference is made to the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine partially broken away, showing oper- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1912.

Patented 1000.9, 1 913.

Serial No. 698,607.

ating tools in engagement with a compound. rail in the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine with the compound rail therein.

The reference character A designates the frame of the machine upon which is slidably mounted the horizontally movable table 13. This table is reciprocated by the driving mechanism 0, C, C 0, similar to that used in ordinary planer ctmstruction.

The length of the movement of the table and the reversal thereof is controlled by any suitable stop mechanism 6, Z) and I) (see Fig. 2) which is also common in ordinary planer construction.

The frame A comprises the uprights A and A and the horizontal member A e.\'- tending thercbetween. This horizontal member A extends transversely over the table and is vertically :uljustable relative thereto by the gear connected screws l) l).

The arriage E is slidably mounted on the transverse member A and can be moved along the latter by the screw F. This carriage may be provided with any suitable means whereby it can be disengaged from the screw F, thus allowing it free movement in a direction transverse to the direction along which the table reciprocates.

Horizontally extending pressing rollers G are located above the table to force the sections of the compound rail together when on the table. Thus it will be observed that the table serves as a movable supporting member to resist the thrust of the pressing rollers Gr as the rail is moved thereunder. These pressing rollers are mounted on the carriage E. There are also mounted in movable bearings H opposing rotary tools or bending rollers K which engage the depending holding lips a: aa. The bearings ll. are pivoted to the frame at h and are caused to approach each other and are held in the proper position relative to each other by means of the toggle links M M that extend thcrebetween. These links are actuated from the hand wheel N through the shaft a, the worm n which engages a worm wheel n on the screw a, and the nut and pin a at the joint P of the links M M.

It will be noted that the rotary tools or bending rollers K K are located adjacent to the ends of the horizontal pressing rollers Gr, that the adjacent portions g 0 of the opposing working faces of the bending rollers K K are located between the pressing rollers G and the movable table, and that these opposing rotary tools K K are located on opposite sides of the rail as it progressively passes under the pressing rollers, The axes of the opposing tools or bending rollers K K preferably extend in a general vertical direction.

In operating the machine one section of the rail is first placed on the table and is preferably secured thereto, although this is not always necessary. When one section is in place on the other section they are caused to move along together under the pressing roller whereby the latter forces the sections together. While the sections are thus pressed the holding lips are engaged by the opposing bending rollers and then bent to find holding position as the rail moves along therebetween. The purpose of having the carriage E freely movable is to permit the pressing rollers and the opposing rotary tools to adjust themselves relative to the work, in conformity with irregularities in the rail itself, or with the rail when in faulty adjustment in the machine.

The machine described is provided with a table which causes the rail sections to be drawn along under the pressing roller and between the opposing bending rollers, but it will be noted that the pressing roller and bending rollers could be caused to travel along the rail when held on a fixed bed.

The improvements set forth herein are not limited to the precise construction, arrangement and method shown and described and they may be embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described for working on compound rails, the combination of a longitudinally reciprocating bed, a pressing means for engaging and forcing work toward the bed, and operating tools for engaging opposite sides of a workpiece as it passes under the pressing means, said operating tools being mounted on a head which is free to move parallel to the bed and transversely relative to the bed when the tools are operating.

2. In a device for working on compound rails, the combination of a horizontally reciprocating bed, means for reciprocating the same, pressing means located above the bed which forces the work-piece against the bed, and rotary compression rollers opposed to each other for engaging the sides of the work-piece as it passes under the pressing means, said rollers being mounted on a head that is free to move transversely of the bed when operating on the work-piece.

3. In a device for working on compound rails, the combination of a reciprocating table, a head freely movable in a direction parallel to but transversely of the reciprocating table, said head carrying thereupon a pressing roller for forcing the work against the table and opposing rotary tools for engaging opposite sides of the rail passing under the pressing roller.

l. In a machine for working on compound rails, the combination of a reciprocating table serving as a holding and supporting member, a roller opposed thereto for forcing the rail sections together when on the supporting member, and opposing bending rollers to engage the side portions of the rail, the supporting member and rollers so arranged that the side portions of the rail can be progressively engaged by the bending rollers, the rollers being on shafts that are mounted in hearings on a head which is free to move transversely relative to the table when the rollers are operating.

5. A machine for working on compound rails comprising a frame supporting a hori- Zontally and longitudinally movable reciprocating bed provided with work piece securing means thereupon, and a head which is free to move horizontally and transversely relative to the bed, said head having a pressure roller whose axis extends horizontally and transversely relative to the bed and opposing rotary tools whose axes extend vertically and transversely relative to the bed and which tools have work engaging portions arranged to engage the sides of the work piece as the sections constituting the rail pass under the pressing rollers and. at a time when one of said sections is secured to the bed by the securing means.

6. A machine for working on compound rails comprising a frame supporting a horizontally and transversely reciprocatingbed provided with work-piece securing means thereon and a head which is free to move horizontally and transversely relative to the bed, said head having vertically operating pressing means, and laterally opposed pressing means operating transversely of the bed.

This specification signed and witnessed this 14th day of May, A. D. 1912.

JOHN NOLL.

Signed in the presence of EUGENE DELMAR, EDWIN A. PACKARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

